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65  [[in pencil]] April 1, 1930 [[/in pencil]]
that I told José (he hadn't complained except of the awful roads) that I would pay an extra day's wages for that day. He can share with his friend, if he chooses. 
[[margin, double vertical line in blue pencil]] We saw deer twice ^[[insertion]] as we were [[/insertion] crossing Matto Grasso, flocks of curved-billed birds, "curiecaca", parrots by the hundred, not so many as at Dourados and ^[[insertion]] orange-billed [[/insertion]] toucans. [[/margin, double vertical line]] Saturday afternoon last I saw 3 toucans making a lot of noise in a tree across the Araguaya. I have seen them, solitary and in 2's and 3's several times since. [[margin, vertical line in blue pencil]] Their flight is ^[[insertion]] a [[/insertion]] quick labored working of the wings like the parrots, but after working for a minute they glide, then work again, then glide. [[/margin, vertical line]] It is so characteristic I can tell them at a distance. I didn't meet